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The University of Montana: 12.9 percent of graduates earned degrees in Physical Therapy
Published 06/01/23
Of the 3,066 degrees handed out in that school year, 12.9 percent were to Physical Therapy students.
The university enrolled 10,106 students for 2021-2022, including 7,223 in undergraduate programs and 2,883 in graduate programs.
As of 2021, 37.9% of Americans ages 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, including 14.3% who also obtained a graduate or professional degree, according to Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey.
In the United States, undergraduate degrees with a business focus are among the most popular. In the academic year 2018–19, nearly one in five degrees were granted in business.
The five highest interest majors are business, nursing, psychology, biology, medicine/pre-medicine.
Degrees Awarded at The University of Montana for 2021-2022
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Associates degrees | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy | - | - | 394 | - | 394 | |
| Health Care Administration | - | - | - | 95 | 95 | |
| Pharmacy | 17 | - | 61 | - | 78 | |
| General Public Health | - | - | 29 | 12 | 41 | |
| Registered Nursing | - | 33 | - | - | 33 | |
| Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology | - | - | 33 | - | 33 | |
| General Communication Sciences and Disorders | 19 | - | - | 2 | 21 | |
| Radiologic Technology | - | 18 | - | - | 18 | |
| Medical Reception/Receptionist | - | - | - | 13 | 13 | |
| Respiratory Care Therapy | - | 11 | - | - | 11 | |
| Surgical Technology | - | 11 | - | - | 11 | |
| Medical Assistant | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | |
| Athletic Training | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Clinical Laboratory Science | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | |
| Environmental Health | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Health Services Administration | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Medical Records Administration | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| International Public Health | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Speech-Language Pathology Assistant | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Community Health and Preventive Medicine | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Substance Abuse Counseling | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Medical Informatics | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Medical Insurance Specialist | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pharmacy Technology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Behavioral Aspects of Health | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Community Health Services | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Vocational Nurse Training | - | - | - | - | - | |
| General Health and Wellness | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 43 | 86 | 524 | 137 | 790 | 25.8% |
| General Business Administration and Management | 55 | - | 65 | 1 | 121 | |
| Management Information Systems | 75 | - | - | 15 | 90 | |
| Accounting | 38 | - | 14 | 9 | 61 | |
| General Marketing Management | 40 | 4 | - | 1 | 45 | |
| Organizational Leadership | - | - | - | 40 | 40 | |
| General Finance | 21 | - | - | - | 21 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other | - | - | - | 15 | 15 | |
| Management Science | - | - | 12 | - | 12 | |
| Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | |
| International Business | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| E-Commerce | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Receptionist | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Entrepreneurial Studies | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| General Construction Management | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| General Hospitality Administration/Management | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 233 | 15 | 91 | 92 | 431 | 14.1% |
| Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management | 64 | - | 11 | 6 | 81 | |
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 39 | - | 7 | - | 46 | |
| Environmental Studies | 25 | - | 11 | - | 36 | |
| Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism | 20 | - | 1 | - | 21 | |
| Forest Resources Management | 16 | - | 4 | - | 20 | |
| Environmental Science | 15 | - | - | - | 15 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation, Other | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | |
| General Natural Resources Management and Policy | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Forestry, General | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 179 | - | 34 | 16 | 229 | 7.5% |
| General Sociology | 47 | - | 2 | - | 49 | |
| General Anthropology | 29 | - | 13 | 4 | 46 | |
| General Political Science and Government | 37 | - | 4 | - | 41 | |
| Forensic Anthropology | - | - | - | 23 | 23 | |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | - | - | - | 22 | 22 | |
| Geography | 11 | - | 4 | - | 15 | |
| General Economics | 12 | - | 2 | - | 14 | |
| Demography and Population Studies | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Development Economics and International Development | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Social Sciences total | 136 | - | 25 | 52 | 213 | 6.9% |
| General Biological Sciences | 67 | - | - | - | 67 | |
| Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology | 61 | - | 4 | - | 65 | |
| Neuroscience | 9 | - | 1 | - | 10 | |
| Ecology | - | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| Biochemistry | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Microbiology | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Toxicology | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Plant Biology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bioinformatics | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology, Other | - | - | - | - | - | |
| General Biomedical Sciences | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences total | 149 | - | 22 | - | 171 | 5.6% |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 53 | - | - | - | 53 | |
| General Educational Leadership and Administration | - | - | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| Curriculum and Instruction | - | - | 29 | - | 29 | |
| School Counseling and Guidance Services | - | - | 23 | 2 | 25 | |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Superintendency and Educational System Administration | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Environmental Education | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| General Education | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Education total | 60 | - | 76 | 27 | 163 | 5.3% |
| Cinematography and Film Production | 39 | - | 5 | - | 44 | |
| General Drama and Theatre Arts | 24 | - | 9 | - | 33 | |
| Music | 25 | - | 3 | - | 28 | |
| Art Studies | 18 | - | 3 | - | 21 | |
| General Visual and Performing Arts | 2 | - | 11 | - | 13 | |
| General Dance | 9 | - | - | - | 9 | |
| General Design and Visual Communications | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Drawing | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Music Performance, General | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Music Theory and Composition | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 119 | - | 31 | 3 | 153 | 5% |
| General Studies | - | 105 | - | - | 105 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | - | 13 | - | - | 13 | |
| Humanities | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 2 | 118 | - | - | 120 | 3.9% |
| Social Work | 46 | - | 28 | - | 74 | |
| Public Administration | - | - | 38 | 3 | 41 | |
| Public Policy Analysis, General | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 46 | - | 66 | 8 | 120 | 3.9% |
| General Psychology | 92 | - | 14 | - | 106 | |
| School Psychology | - | - | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Psychology total | 92 | - | 20 | 6 | 118 | 3.8% |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 42 | - | 2 | - | 44 | |
| Journalism | 33 | - | 2 | - | 35 | |
| Health Communication | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Science/Health/Environmental Journalism | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 76 | - | 10 | 6 | 92 | 3% |
| Law | - | - | 71 | - | 71 | |
| Tribal/Indigenous Law | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Legal Assistant | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | - | 3 | 71 | 7 | 81 | 2.6% |
| Computer Science | 24 | - | 6 | - | 30 | |
| Information Science | - | - | - | 16 | 16 | |
| Computer and Information Systems Security | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | |
| Computer Support Specialist | - | - | - | 8 | 8 | |
| Information Technology | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Computer Programming | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other | - | - | - | - | - | |
| General Computer and Information Sciences | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 24 | 8 | 6 | 35 | 73 | 2.4% |
| General English Language and Literature | 42 | - | 6 | - | 48 | |
| Creative Writing | - | - | 18 | - | 18 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 42 | - | 24 | - | 66 | 2.2% |
| General Chemistry | 11 | - | 4 | - | 15 | |
| General Earth Science | 8 | - | 6 | - | 14 | |
| General Physics | 12 | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Materials Science | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Geological and Earth Sciences | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Physical Sciences total | 31 | - | 10 | - | 41 | 1.3% |
| General History | 26 | - | 4 | - | 30 | |
| History and Philosophy of Science and Technology | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| History total | 31 | - | 4 | - | 35 | 1.1% |
| General Mathematics | 18 | - | 7 | - | 25 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 18 | - | 11 | - | 29 | 0.9% |
| Carpentry | - | - | - | 12 | 12 | |
| Building Construction Technology | - | 9 | - | 3 | 12 | |
| Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Construction Trades total | - | 9 | - | 15 | 24 | 0.8% |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 1 | - | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
| Sustainability Studies | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| International Studies | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 5 | - | 6 | 10 | 21 | 0.7% |
| Philosophy | 7 | - | 5 | 8 | 20 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 7 | - | 5 | 8 | 20 | 0.7% |
| Japanese Language and Literature | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Linguistics | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| German Language and Literature | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| General Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Russian Language and Literature | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Language Interpretation and Translation | - | - | - | - | - | |
| French Language and Literature | - | - | - | - | - | |
| General Foreign Languages and Literatures | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 15 | - | 4 | - | 19 | 0.6% |
| Precision Metal Working, Other | - | - | - | 11 | 11 | |
| Welding Technology | - | 6 | - | 1 | 7 | |
| Machine Shop Technology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Precision Production total | - | 6 | - | 12 | 18 | 0.6% |
| Women's Studies | 4 | - | - | 3 | 7 | |
| Asian Studies | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | |
| American Indian Studies | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| African-American Studies | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| East Asian Studies | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies total | 10 | - | - | 4 | 14 | 0.5% |
| Culinary Arts | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services total | - | 4 | - | 4 | 8 | 0.3% |
| Diesel Mechanics Technology | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | |
| Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Small Engine Mechanics and Repair Technology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mechanic and Repair Technologies/Technicians total | - | 7 | - | - | 7 | 0.2% |
| Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Transportation and Materials Moving total | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | 0.2% |
| CADDrafting and Design Technology | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Energy Systems Technology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Engineering/Engineering-related Technologies/Technicians total | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0.1% |
| Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Agricultural Business and Management | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields total | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Outdoor Education | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| General Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management | - | - | - | - | - | |
| General Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology total | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Family and Community Services | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Science Technology | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Science Technologies/Technicians total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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